Latest Recipes

Lettuce with Fried Dace and Black Bean

Lettuce with fried dace and black bean is one of my favourite Chinese vegetable dishes to eat in a local Hong Kong restaurant. It is basically lettuce stir-fried with canned preserved dace fish and fermented black beans. In Cantonese, black beans are called dau see […]

sweet and sour pork

Sweet and sour pork (咕嚕肉, goo lou yuk in Cantonese) is a Cantonese dish consisting of crispy and juicy deep-fried pork with vibrant vegetables such as bell peppers, onions and pineapple all coated in a sticky, red, sweet and sour sauce. This dish originated from […]

baked pork chop rice

Baked pork chop rice (焗豬扒飯, guk ju paa faan in Cantonese) is a classic Hong Kong dish served in Hong Kong style diners (茶餐廳, cha chaan teng). This dish is essentially a bed of fried rice layered with pan-fried pork chops on top, covered with […]

gyudon (beef rice bowl)

Gyudon (牛肉丼) is a classic Japanese beef rice bowl with thin sliced beef and sweet tender onions over a bowl of hot rice. Yoshinoya (吉野家), one of Japan’s largest fast-food restaurant chain are best known for their beef bowls. A little disclaimer: This recipe is […]

hong kong tomato macaroni soup

Macaroni soups are a common breakfast option found in local Hong Kong style diners (茶餐廳, cha chaan teng in Cantonese). Every restaurant makes it slightly differently, but it usually consists of macaroni pasta in a clear or creamy chicken broth, which various toppings such as […]

pineapple bun toast

pineapple bun toast

This pineapple bun toast is a short-cut, lazy but smart way to make Hong Kong pineapple bun (菠蘿包, bo lo bao in Cantonese). The pineapple bun is a classic Hong Kong pastry that has a sweet, buttery and crispy topping over a soft, light bread. […]